
Remembrances βοΈ
Diane Keaton 1946-2025
An era's enchantress takes her farewell. Lah. Di. Dah. π
Weekly Digest
Two really, really good movies on VOD, and my last review for the Washington Post (for now) (I think).
New Movies
Good Movies π½
Two new excellent, unknown films on VOD, plus new releases "Kiss of the Spider Woman " and "Roofman" and lots more.
Weekly Digest
New Movies
A great actor returns in a less-than-great movie and a popular star goes indie-unrecognizable.
What to Watch
A potpourri of streaming recs, including Powell and Pressburger's "I Know Where I'm Going!," a neat little Riz Ahmed thriller and a documentary compendium of Bob Dylan's Newport appearances. For starters.
New Movies
Paul Thomas Anderson's new movie is something to see. So you should see it.
News
Following last week's post, a round-up of sites and newsletters with an eye toward an eventual unofficial news network. Oh, also a movie recommendation.
Weekly Digest
A busy and mournful week: Robert Redford died and so did late-night TV as a free market of political comedy. Plus: Some movies to watch.
A guide to movies in theaters and on demand, plus pop culture observations, from a film critic with 40 years in the business.
Plus new reviews of "Steve," "A Big Bold Beautiful Journey" and "Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale" (one hopes).
The news industry is in crisis. We need something new. A modest proposal.
This one hurts, doesnβt it?
Some movies to lighten your existential load this week -- or to confirm it.
Reviews of the new ChloΓ© Zhao, del Toro's monster movie, "The Smashing Machine," "Good Fortune" and "The Christophers"
Coming to theaters near you: A darker, deeper (but still funny!) "Knives Out," an 18th-century rave about the founder of the Shakers, a new Saoirse Ronan and more.
Joachim Trier's best movie to date? Richard Linklater's love letter to Godard and Truffaut? Peak Panahi? Read on.
How Akira Kurosawaβs classic film became the model for truthiness as a cinematic and cultural point of view. (From the WaPo)
One of the best movies of the year -- and two that aren't.
Some second thoughts on Spike Lee's latest, and a baker's dozen of my most anticipated Toronto Film Festival screenings
Some gloomy thoughts on the future of film criticism and film critics + two recommendations and two new reviews.
This week: A solo Coen joint and a tight little New York noir